Section 24: Interim prevention orders
110.Section 24 gives power to a sheriff to make an interim TEPO while the main application under section 18 is being determined. The sheriff may make such an order if the sheriff considers it just to do so (subsection (1)) and such an order may contain prohibitions or requirements (or both) in relation to the person in respect of whom the order is to have effect (subsection (2)). Those prohibitions or requirements may relate to things to be done or not done in any part of Scotland or anywhere outwith Scotland (subsection (3)).
111.Subsection (4) provides that an interim TEPO will only have effect for a fixed period, specified in the order, and will cease to have effect on the determination of an application for a TEPO under section 18 if that fixed period has not expired.
112.Subsection (5) allows for an application to a sheriff in the sheriffdom of the sheriff who made the interim TEPO for variation or discharge of that order. Such an application may be made by the person in respect of whom the order was made or the chief constable.
